Thanksgiving Movies That Bring More Than Turkey to the Table
Family drama, unexpected romance, and holiday disasters are all on the menu in Tubi’s Thanksgiving watchlist.
Thanksgiving has a funny way of bringing everyone to the same table, whether they're ready for it or not. The turkey's in the oven, someone's already asking questions that are none of their business, and the family group chat has somehow become a source of tension before anyone's even arrived. So much for a peaceful holiday.
Of course, not every Thanksgiving gathering ends in disaster. There are heartfelt reunions, unexpected romances, and moments that remind us why we put up with the chaos in the first place. But where would the holiday be without a little drama between servings? The best Thanksgiving movies understand that what happens around the dinner table can be just as memorable as what's on it.
This year, Tubi's Thanksgiving movies offer something for every appetite, whether you're looking for a little holiday laughter or a story that hits closer to home. This watchlist brings together family comedies, emotional dramas, and unexpected romances for whatever mood the holiday puts you in. And when you're ready for another helping of seasonal entertainment, Tubi's Holiday Hits collection has more to add to your watchlist.
Just make sure someone saves you a slice of pie.
Free Birds
Thanksgiving dinner is a lot less appealing when you're the main course. Reggie and Jake have decided it's time to do something about that.
In Free Birds, two turkeys with very different personalities team up for a mission that sounds completely ridiculous even by animated movie standards: travel back to the first Thanksgiving and get turkey off the menu for good. Owen Wilson voices Reggie, a turkey who's gotten a taste of the good life after receiving a presidential pardon, while Woody Harrelson plays Jake, a determined revolutionary who believes changing history is the only way to save their feathered friends.
Naturally, rewriting centuries of Thanksgiving tradition is a little more complicated than hopping into a time machine. Their journey to 1621 brings plenty of historical mishaps, unlikely friendships, and the kind of cartoon chaos that makes you question how two turkeys became responsible for the future of an entire holiday. Between the time-travel antics and Reggie's reluctance to become a hero, this animated Thanksgiving comedy gives the holiday's most recognizable bird a chance to finally have its say.
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Jack and Jill
Thanksgiving comes with certain expectations. Good food. Family time. Pretending you aren't already counting down the hours until everyone leaves. For Jack Sadelstein, the annual visit from his twin sister might be the biggest holiday challenge of all.
Adam Sandler pulls double duty in Jack and Jill, playing both Jack, a successful Los Angeles advertising executive, and Jill, his loud, unpredictable twin sister who arrives for Thanksgiving and quickly turns his carefully organized life upside down. Jack's hoping for a manageable family visit, but Jill has a talent for making herself impossible to ignore.
Their sibling dynamic drives the comedy as Jack's frustration grows and Jill's stay threatens to stretch well beyond the holiday. Things become even more ridiculous when Al Pacino enters the picture as an exaggerated version of himself, developing an unexpected interest in Jill that Jack realizes could benefit his career. Between Sandler's dual performance, the celebrity antics, and a Thanksgiving reunion that refuses to end on schedule, this family comedy understands the particular danger of telling relatives they can stay as long as they want.
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The Humans
The Thanksgiving table is set, the family has arrived, and everyone is doing their best to act like everything's fine. Unfortunately, pretending only works for so long.
Set almost entirely inside a Manhattan apartment, The Humans follows the Blake family as they gather at their daughter Brigid's new home for Thanksgiving dinner. What begins as an ordinary holiday visit gradually reveals the anxieties, disappointments, and unspoken tensions each family member has brought along.
Richard Jenkins and Jayne Houdyshell portray Brigid's parents, while Beanie Feldstein, Steven Yeun, Amy Schumer, and June Squibb round out an ensemble whose conversations feel uncomfortably familiar. Their exchanges move between affectionate teasing, awkward silences, and the occasional remark that lands a little harder than intended.
Adapted from Stephen Karam's Tony Award-winning play, this A24 drama approaches Thanksgiving with a sense of intimacy that makes even the smallest interactions meaningful. The apartment itself becomes another source of unease, with strange noises, dimly lit rooms, and an unfamiliar layout making the gathering feel claustrophobic. It's a Thanksgiving family drama that borrows the atmosphere of a psychological thriller without needing to leave the dinner table.
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Krisha
Showing up for Thanksgiving after years away from your family is already a complicated assignment. Arriving with a history nobody's forgotten makes the seating arrangements more uncomfortable.
A long-awaited family reunion becomes an emotional minefield in Krisha, where a woman returns to her sister's home for Thanksgiving, hoping to reconnect with relatives she abandoned years earlier. Krisha Fairchild plays the title character, whose attempts to settle into the familiar rhythms of a family holiday are complicated by the strained relationships and unresolved history waiting for her.
The gathering begins with recognizable Thanksgiving rituals: relatives moving through the kitchen, conversations unfolding in different rooms, and the pressure of preparing a meal for everyone. But director Trey Edward Shults gradually transforms that domestic familiarity into something far more unsettling. Rather than offering a comforting holiday reunion, this psychological drama explores how difficult it can be to return to a place where everyone remembers a version of you that you're desperately trying to move beyond.
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Thankful for My Family
Meeting your partner's family is a relationship milestone. Doing it on Thanksgiving, when everyone's gathered in one place and nobody seems interested in minding their business, is a bold choice.
Marriage is already on one young man's mind, but before he can pop the question, there's a more unpredictable hurdle waiting: introducing his girlfriend to the family. In Thankful for My Family, his close-knit, opinionated relatives have no trouble turning an ordinary Thanksgiving visit into an unexpected relationship test.
The comedy leans into the particular awkwardness of bringing someone new into an established family dynamic. Everyone already knows the inside jokes, embarrassing stories, and unspoken rules of the household. His girlfriend, meanwhile, has to navigate an entire cast of personalities while figuring out what she's potentially marrying into. There's a difference between being welcomed into the family and becoming the center of everyone's Thanksgiving entertainment, and she's about to discover just how thin that line can be.
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Home for Thanksgiving
There's always an empty seat that feels a little more noticeable during the holidays. For the Winthrop family, Thanksgiving arrives with a reminder that their celebrations won't look quite the same this year.
Their first Thanksgiving after losing a loved one brings more than the usual holiday preparations in Home for Thanksgiving. The guest list keeps changing, the menu refuses to stay settled, and everyone is trying to hold together a celebration that carries more emotional weight than usual.
Thanksgiving traditions take on a different meaning when the person who helped shape them is no longer there. Planning dinner might offer a welcome distraction for one family member while reminding another of everything that's changed. Even deciding which traditions to keep can bring up feelings nobody quite knows how to put into words. Director Stefanie Davis approaches the holiday through the family's attempts to find comfort in one another, giving the story a more heartfelt perspective on what it means to come home for Thanksgiving.
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I'll See You on Thanksgiving
The group chat says everyone's excited for the reunion. Whether everyone actually means it is another question.
Graduation may have sent everyone in different directions, but it hasn't erased the history they share. I'll See You on Thanksgiving brings a group of friends back together for a holiday reunion where catching up quickly turns into confronting everything they've left unsaid. Betrayal, resentment, and feelings that never made it into the conversation begin resurfacing as the gathering unfolds.
Rather than centering the usual family Thanksgiving dinner, this comedy-drama shifts its attention to friendships and the expectations that come with reconnecting. The people who once knew each other best now have to navigate the uncomfortable possibility that their relationships have changed, even when old habits make it tempting to pretend otherwise.
Catching up with old friends can be wonderful. Finding out what they've been holding against you since graduation? Maybe save that conversation until after dessert.
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